MAC to discuss utility undergrounding again

LUCERNE VALLEY • Local leaders have spent years trying to convince property owners of the benefits of placing utility poles underground.

Now the funding for the project could be in jeopardy, according to Municipal Advisory Council President Richard Selby.

The MAC will discuss the issue at its Aug. 28 meeting at the Lucerne Valley Community Center, located at 33187 Highway 247 (Old Woman Springs Road). The meeting will start at 5 p.m. and is open to the public.

The project would place all utility poles underground in the town’s “commercial corridor,” the stretch of Highway 18/Old Woman Springs Road from Custer Avenue to Ladera Avenue.

The funding has already been secured from Southern California Edison, but SCE needs small easements from property owners to do the work.

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